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Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics

byKim Phillips-Fein

Fear City is Kim Phillips-Fein's historical account of new York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of business & economics and history. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention. It is written for readers seeking substance as well as a clear path through the material.

Publisher

Picador

Publication date

Apr 10, 2018

Format

Print edition

Pages

432

ISBN

9781250160072